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Welcome to our Crete villa holidays section.

Across the island there is a first class choice of accommodation, with a range of hotels, guest houses and also popular are villa holidays and there are several companies who offer Crete villas in their portfolio of available properties.

This option has been popular in Europe for some while now, with the biggest choice for companies who do more than one destination often being Majorca villa holidays and various other locations.

But villas in Crete are popular for good reason.

For a start there’s the great weather, along with excellent beaches and local hospitality.

But more than that for many families it’s a good alternative to hotels, as a villa holiday Crete allows more independence, and space too.

Compared to a lot of hotels you get a lot more living space, with anything between two and six bedrooms, normally including a sitting room, equipped kitchen, and often two bathrooms - so if it’s a family who are on their Crete holidays it means it’s a more relaxing atmosphere with no immediate neighbours to worry about.

A typical villa holiday Crete also has outside space. Often a barbecue area and a swimming pool – not as big as those frequently seen at the Crete hotels but considering it’s a private one the typical 8 x 4 metres is usually really good – and private too.

Which location is important for many people, and when you look at the Crete holiday villa options on a map there are some close to the beach, some which are more rural, and others close to inland towns and villages. Most companies have on their sites a Crete map showing where they are before booking anywhere.

Costs can be similar to a hotel booking, especially when it’s a family and more than one room is normally taken, and overall the cost can actually be lower than hotels.

There’s good news for those who don’t particularly like driving while abroad if they opt for Crete villa holidays, as many of the companies who do rentals indicate on their travel sites those ones where a car isn’t necessary, and are just a short walk to the local shops and restaurants, and if a car isn’t hired the company can organise transport to and from the airport.

So all in all it’s a great way to spend your Crete holidays if you don’t fancy the hotels option.

There’s a lot of people who don’t like driving abroad, and this is perfectly viable while on villa holidays in Crete.

Quite a few companies have an option online to narrow down your choice to those where it’s ‘car optional’ – meaning the closest village with its amenites of shops, restaurants and often the beach is within a ten minute walk or so – worth looking at if you really don’t want to hire a car. And they also can organise getting to and from the airport when booking.

Whether you opt for a hotel or Crete villas the weather is normally good enough from around Easter time to mid October, and the climate and the Crete weather are significant reasons that help attract people to visit the island.

The two main airports on the island for when you come to book your flights are called Heraklion and Chania and most Crete flights arrive and leave on a Monday and Friday, with both the big and regional UK airports having airlines that serve the island, with taxis available to take people to their villas in Crete if not previously booked.

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